Paris - the quintessential city for style, romance and glamour. Apart from the famous tourist points, there are some magnificent restaurants, splendid cafes and clubs in the city that are worth paying a visit. Each one has its own distinctive character and flavour; each deserving to be thoroughly explored and admired. With the following recommendation from the Banke Hotel in Paris, you will find the essence of the city of Paris! At the end of our post you will also find the events taking place in Paris every year as well as some of the typical French deicacies.

RECOMMENDED RESTAURANTS

The Petite Riche Restaurant

Established in 1854, the petit riche restaurant combines the atmosphere and feeling of a French Bistro set in the heart of Paris. This restaurant serves finesse and delicateness in each plate that represents traditional home-cooked French meals. The team of renowned chefs makes sure to deliver each plate cooked from the soul along with elegance and tradition.

The Josefin at the BANKE Hotel

At this restaurant, you will immerse yourself in a trendy Parisian world attributed by a unique Mediterranean cuisine that allows you to also enhance your coziness levels with furniture designed by Marteen Baas.

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RECOMMENDED CAFES

Angelina Tea Room

The Tea Room located in the 1^st district of Paris, is one of the city’s most famous place where the locals and tourists gather to enjoy the elegance of the 20^th century Belle Epoque style. Enjoy their tea time with specialties such as “The African” which is a succulent hot chocolate which there is no other that comes near in quality and taste. Along with a variety of quiches, salads and desserts like the Baba au Rhum (rum-soaked cake with fresh fruit), this is a trip to the past that you are sure to encounter with the frescoes and gilded mirrors along with marble topped tables that is sure to surround you in elegance.

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RECOMMENDED BARS AND CLUBS

The Lolabar at the BANKE hotel

With a wide selection of Tapas and exquisite cocktails, the Lolabar is the place to take a nice drink and to relax in this eccentric atmosphere.

The Barramundi

The Barramundi combines culture and ethnicity with a wide variety of statues from Africa and doors from India that transport you to another world all while enjoying a wide selection of an authentic ethnic cuisines and listening to music from around the world.

The Buddha Bar

The Almighty Buddha bestows his presence along with an Asian atmosphere to present an exclusive masterpiece that mixes fine cuisine and a relaxing atmosphere. The gigantic Buddha sits over the dining area and the bar mezzanine, along with trendy amber colored lighting effects and Asian artifacts; this is an area of entire relaxation to cleanse your busy urban routine from the fast paced world of Paris.

The Cab

Transcend into the future at “The Cab” by being under the presence of a wide range of world cuisine and a distant décor that combines an extraterrestrial atmosphere and outer space into this nightclub.

The Barrio Latino

The Hispanic world is blended here with all aspects of Latin culture. Bastille is the center which blends all the Latin American capitals and gives a taste of the wide variety of delicacies from several Latin cuisines.  With an amazing 4 levels of entertainment, each floor will make you enjoy the best selection of Latin music and other aspects to create a relaxing vibe. The ground floor is the Red Bar along with a tapas bar that is available all throughout the day. The mezzanine along with other areas specializes in serving a great blend of the wide range of selections from South America. The entire location is 3000 m^2 that are linked by an imposing staircase. The 3^rd floor is a piece of Cuba that showcases the swirls of Romeo y Julieta all while being able to enjoy Cuban mojitas and tapas. The nights are all made with passion from the enticing sounds of the DJ, Carlos Campos.

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TRADITIONAL OCCURRENCES IN PARIS

• Music celebration, every June 21^st
• The white night, every October 2^nd
• The museum night, every May 16^th
• The July 14^thholiday, every July 14^th
• The grape harvest celebration of Montmartre, every October 6^th to 10^th
• The gay pride, every mid June
• The techno parade, every beginning of September

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TYPICAL FOOD

French cuisine is surrounded by amazing taste and finesse. The French Barsseries include several top notch dishes that represent the entire French way of life. Some examples include croques-monsieurs, croques-madame, omelets, crêpes, “tartines”, salads, pastries and the famous “French Vienoiseries”.

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Served in an intimate and relaxed ambience where quality is crucial, chef George Pierre takes the flavours from Spain to Paris in the Josefin restaurant. The restaurant opens from 12.00 to 15.00 and 19.30 to 23.30. The first original courses include empedrat, a Catalan cod and bean salad, fried eggs with acorn-fed ham and white truffle oil, coca (a Catalan flat-bread) with grilled veggies and goat’s cheese, arroz a banda (rice and seafood), and Montserrat tomato salad. Meat and fish feature in the main courses at the Josefin, with highlights such as monkfish suquet, caramelized cod with purée of arbequina olives, roast shoulder of baby goat with ganxet beans, free-range chicken with sanfaina (ratatouille) or sautéed Catalan sausage with wild mushrooms. The Josefin offers also classic Spanish desserts such as natilla (crème brûlée with a crispy cinnamon topping) and almond tart steeped in Tío Pepe sherry.

Open every day from 11.00 am to midnight, the LolaBar’s tapas and cocktails menu is filled with surprising allusions to Spain, with dishes based on great Iberian specialties such as bread spread with tomato, or pan tumaca, Spanish omelet, tortilla, toasted cheese and Majorcan paprika pork sausage sandwiches, traditional patatas bravas, Andalusian fried squid, anchovies from Cantabria, acorn-fed ham and fried baby squid. These dishes may be accompanied by classic cocktails or original creations such as u’love, the lychee martini or the pepino colada.

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In the frame of their warm and private atmosphere, the flavor of Spain and the Mediterranean will be appreciated both in the prime ingredients employed by the chef and in the choice of furniture and materials that create a heterogeneous style.

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